FESTIVALS

We're teaming up again with our TX homies at LEVITATION to offer one more chance to win deluxe weekend passes for this year's fest, which takes place in just a few weeks down in Austin. Much has been made about this year's incredible lineup: Brian Wilson doing Pet Sounds, Slowdive, Animal Collective, Caribou, Shabazz Palaces/Oneohtrix Point Never/Nicolas Jaar/Flying Lotus all back-to-back-to-back-

Our official Gorilla vs. Bear 2016 SXSW showcase at Mazda + Hype Machine's Hype Hotel offered a glimpse into the future of pop music on a beautiful Thursday night in east Austin, from Negative Gemini's frenetic, club-ready experimental electronic pop that began the evening (I heard at least a few people compare her vibe to an early Grimes set circa 2011) to headliner Charli XCX's first-ever, next-

We're beyond psyched to present the official Gorilla vs. Bear x Mazda + Hype Machine's Hype Hotel SXSW 2016 showcase, starring:

We're psyched to present one of our favorite annual Christmas presents from the Reverberation Appreciation Society: the official and kind of overwhelmingly awesome LEVITATION 2016 festival mixtape by Al Lover, featuring a track from each of the 40+ acts on this year's next-level lineup, including Brian Wilson (performing Pet Sounds), Animal Collective, Slowdive, Caribou, Shabazz Palaces, Nicolas J

Houston's inaugural Day For Night festival goes down this weekend, and despite the fact that it boasts one of the more ambitious + adventurously-curated lineups of the year — featuring such massive names as Kendrick Lamar, New Order, Flying Lotus, Philip Glass, and Janelle Monae -- it's managed to fly mostly under the radar...

Scenes from the 10th annual edition of the best music festival in the world, Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest, featuring Grimes, Schoolboy Q, Neon Indian, GZA, Rae Sremmurd, Toro y Moi, Ty Segall in a creepy baby mask + more. Plus photos of TOPS, Pure Bathing Culture, and Shamir, from our official GvsB-presented FFF Nites show, made possible by #Grammyamplifier, a Hyundai Music initiative...

Montreal's TOPS will descend upon Texas this fall for a handful of shows in November, including a stop in Dallas on the 5th before heading down to Austin for this year's insane Fun Fun Fun Fest and a very rad FFF Nites show (that we'll be able to share details for soon). In anticipation of their FFF show, the group put together a sweet little mix featuring some jams they're listening to at the mo

The annual Los Angeles-based FYF Fest was humble in size, sweet and yet progressively cool -- like Coachella's little sister that borrowed its clothes. We got to spend the day hopping to shows, eating colored popsicles, and thanking the universe we'd worn proper shoes. All the while getting to hang with the bands that make the heat worth it. Between finding abandoned kitchen sinks with Toro y Mo

This year is Fun Fun Fun Fest's 10th birthday, and as someone who's been with them from the very beginning (we're the same age, and we're practically neighbors), we feel comfortable declaring this their best lineup yet: Wu-Tang, D'Angelo, Grimes, Schoolboy Q, Ride, Rae Sremmurd, Neon Indian, Jane's Addiction, Afrika Bambaataa, CHVRCHES, Toro y Moi, Viet Cong, TOPS, Shamir, Alvvays + the list goes

One of the most fun and engaging acts we saw all week in Austin at SXSW this year, London's Kero Kero Bonito performs "Sick Beat" + "Picture This" at our Hype Hotel showcase last month. Camera phones in the air, #LetsGo: